BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 9, 2024
Bethel has seen unprecedented demand for housing since the pandemic. The Northern Forest Center is redeveloping a historic Bethel home into eight apartments and one studio. The units are intended for those making between 80 and 120 percent of the area’s median income. It is the historic Gehring house on Broad Street. Built in 1896, the three-story building on the National Register of Historic Places was once the home and clinic of Dr. John George Gehring. Gehring was a famous psychotherapist who was one of the first clinicians to use hypnosis in treating mental illnesses. From the 1890s to 1925, Gehring’s practice brought hundreds of prominent academics, scientists, politicians and socialites to Bethel.